Posts tagged Judge Richard Leon.
A District of Columbia federal judge has scuttled key aspects of the U.S. Labor Department's revised rule that was designed to extend the FLSA's minimum-wage and overtime requirements to many previously-exempt home care workers starting January 1, 2015.
Exemptions And Exceptions, Final Regulations, LitigationTags: Home Care Association of America v. Weil, Judge Richard Leon, companionship exemption, companionship, live-in domestic exemption, live-in domestics, 13(a)(15), 13(b)(21), third-party employers, Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA, 29 C.F.R. Part 552, 29 C.F.R. 552.6, 29 C.F.R. 552.109
A federal district judge has held that the U.S. Labor Department exceeded its authority by attempting to preclude third-party employers from invoking the FLSA's Section 13(a)(15) "companionship" exemption and its Section 13(b)(21) overtime exemption for "live-in domestics".